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The range of medical, psychological, and social services designed to help individuals reduce or stop substance use and manage substance use disorders. Treatment may include assessment, counselling and behavioural therapies, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management, and support for co-occurring mental or physical health conditions. Effective treatment is typically person-centred and evidence-informed, and may be provided in outpatient, community, or residential settings. Treatment aims to improve health and functioning, reduce substance-related harms, and support individuals in moving toward recovery and long-term wellbeing.
Black girls and referrals: racial and gender disparities in self-reported referral to substance use disorder assessment among justice-involved children
Background
There is a higher prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) among justice-involved children (JIC). It is critical to ensure that JIC who report current use are referred for SUD assessment and potentially life-saving treatment...
Disruptions to U.S. local public health’s role in population-based substance use prevention and response during COVID-19
Background
COVID-19 dramatically limited the scale and scope of local health department (LHD) work, redirecting resources to the response. However, the need for essential public health services—including substance use prevention—was not...
The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) Bulletin: An Update on Stimulant Use and Related Harms in Canada and the United States
The Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) is a pan-Canadian network of community partners co-ordinated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA). The network has sites in British Columbia, Manitoba...
World Drug Report at a glance
In the framework of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, several activities took place, including the publication of the World Drug Report elaborated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Thi...
Brief counselling by a doctor can reduce drinking
A new systematic review and meta-analysis has found that alcohol-targeted brief interventions (short, structured, one-to-one conversations about drinking designed to motivate changes in risky behaviour) delivered in doctors’ offices and...
United Nations Synthetic Drug Toolkit
The United Nations Synthetic Drug Toolkit supports the international community in implementing comprehensive response measures to address the synthetic drug problem.
The toolkit was developed in response to Commission on Narcotic Drugs ...
UNODC held a National Round Table on the "Family UNited" programme
Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan. 7 December 2022. The Regional Office in Central Asia of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC ROCA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Karakalpakstan...
Documentary of Campaign aiming to help people recover from substance use - Tanga Tanzania
A video in Kiswahili with subtitles in English on the drug prevention and treatment project that the Casa Rosetta Association carried out in the Tanga Region (Tanzania) in the last 2 years as an implementing partner of UNODC.
FEDERSERD SICILY | REGIONAL CONGRESS 2022
UPDATE IN DEPENDENCIES - SICILY – 2022
CHANGES IN LIFESTYLES, TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE CLINIC,
NEW CONFIGURATIONS OF NEEDS, EVOLUTION OF MODELS
ORGANIZATIONAL AND TREATMENT
Conference Room NH HOTEL PALERMO
The change in consumption styles and...
Supporting Government of Pakistan’s in its efforts to ensure standardized, adequate, and evidence-based drug dependence treatment and care
UNODC in collaboration with the Ministry of Narcotics Control (MoNC) and the Ministry of National Health Services Regulation and Coordination (MoNHSR&C) and with the generous support from US/INL, is developing National Standards and...
Seminar on "Substance Use Prevention Among Youth" on December 8th, 2022 at National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad-Pakistan
ISSUP Pakistan Chapter organized a seminar on "Substance Use Prevention Among Youth" following the theme "Addressing Drug Challenges in Health and Humanitarian Crises" in collaboration with TABA NUST SDG Student Hub NUST at the National...
Placebo Response and Media Attention in Randomized Clinical Trials Assessing Cannabis-Based Therapies for Pain A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Abstract
Importance Persistent pain is a common and disabling health problem that is often difficult to treat. There is an increasing interest in medicinal cannabis for treatment of persistent pain; however, the limited superiority of...
ICJ Informs 98
The most recent issue of CIJ Informa Magazine, a quarterly publication of Youth Integration Centers (CIJ), host institution of the ISSUP Mexico Chapter, is now available.
In addition to a variety of topics on CIJ's work in Mexico, the inte...
Transparency and governance in drug treatment systems: Online survey
This anonymous survey addresses the topic of transparency and governance in drug treatment systems. It is part of a broader project coordinated by researchers at the University of Vienna and Universitat de Barcelona. In the following...
National policymakers and key stakeholders in Kyrgyzstan expand their knowledge of quality assurance system related to drug use disorders through UNODC training
The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia organized a national training on "Quality Assurance of Drug Use Disorder Treatment Systems" in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from 28 to 30 November 2022.
This capacity-building exercise was carried out...
National policymakers and key stakeholders in Kyrgyzstan enhance their knowledge on drug use disorder system Quality Assurance through UNODC training
The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) conducted a National Training “UNODC Drug Use Disorder Treatment Systems Quality Assurance (QA)” which took place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on 28-30 November 2022.
This capacity building...
Worlds Aids Day Panel Discussion - Hosted by ISSUP Kenya
ISSUP (K) will be hosting a roundtable discussion on ending the triple threat: HIV infections; Sexual and Gender-based Violence; and Adolescent Pregnancies to commemorate World Aids Day.
Targeted epigenomic editing ameliorates adult anxiety and excessive drinking after adolescent alcohol exposure
Abstract
Adolescent binge drinking is a major risk factor for psychiatric disorders later in life including alcohol use disorder. Adolescent alcohol exposure induces epigenetic reprogramming at the enhancer region of the activity-regulated...
Basic Counseling Part 3
This video is intended as a learning tool for practicing basic counseling skills adapted from UTC on course 4: Basic Counseling Skills for Addiction Professionals. This video does not substitute similar training.
Basic Counseling Part 1
This video is intended as a learning tool for practicing basic counseling skills adapted from UTC on course 4: Basic Counseling Skills for Addiction Professionals. This video does not substitute similar training.